Re: your mail

Dave Andersen (angio@aros.net)
Wed, 17 Apr 1996 15:41:22 -0600 (MDT)

Lo and behold, Lucien Murray-Pitts once said:
>
> Hi there,
> Does anyone know how many characters the password card be at its MAXIMUM
> lenth? What does it do with longer passwords?
>
> If I give it a password of: "america is waiting" what does it do?
>

The maximum length for a portmaster is 16 characters, due to a limitation
of the encryption algorithm. The password will be truncated to:

america is waiti

-Dave Andersen

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